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10:50 AM ET, February 25, 2008

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People.com:
Oscars Red Carpet: What You Didn't See  —  Patrick Dempsey's hair support, Miley Cyrus's lipstick routine and more from outside the Kodak Theatre  —  • John Travolta and Kelly Preston, hitting the red carpet at the same time as Miley Cyrus - creating a logjam.
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Associated Press:
Gary Busey harasses stars on red carpet  —  Gary Busey lived up to his reputation by strangely crashing Ryan Seacrest's interviews on the Academy Awards red carpet.  —  While Seacrest was interviewing Jennifer Garner and Laura Linney on the live E! pre-show broadcast, Busey repeatedly interrupted.
TMZ.com:
Alba to Seacrest — Suck on This!  —  Ryan Seacrest got up close and real personal with Jessica Alba on the red carpet last night — and while he didn't pull a Mizrahi and grab her boobs, he definitely asked about ‘em.  —  Just keepin’ it classy at the Oscars.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
MSat / Cele|bitchy:
Red Carpet moments - Gary Busey and Ryan Seacrest are nuts
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Matt Donnelly / PageSix.com:
Petra's Night With Penn  —  Newly single Sean Penn and supermodel Petra Nemcova slipped out of LA's Villa nightclub at 3:10 a.m. this morning—clearly Hollywood's hottest new item.  —  The pair followed up an appearance at a CAA event two days ago with a full-on assault of coupledom tonight at Elton John's Oscar Party (above).
Discussion: Dlisted and Hot Momma Gossip
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Nturitz / PageSix.com:
New Couple: Sean Penn and Petra Nemcova  —  Sean Penn and Petra Nemcova have turned up at Elton John's Oscar party, just a night after appearing together at the CAA party.  —  Sean is hitting the town with Petra just two months after announcing the end of his 11-year marriage to Robin Wright Penn.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jon Stewart Cracks Angelina Jolie Pregnancy Joke at Academy Awards  —  Oscar host Jon Stewart got a few laughs at Angelina Jolie's expense at tonight's show.  —  After presenting a fake award in honor of pregnant A-listers — including Nicole Kidman, Jessica Alba and Cate Blanchett — Stewart announced Jolie as the winner.
Discussion: iVillage and poponthepop.com
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New York Post:
HOTEL HELL  —  IT looks like rehab didn't have much effect on Amy Winehouse, who is once again spiraling out of control.  The British pop sensation spent the hours before the Brit Awards in London the other day trashing her room at the Riverbank Plaza Hotel, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage, according to The Sun.
Daily Mail:
Katie Holmes talks about her ‘amazing’ Tom, motherhood and how being famous got her into trouble at church  —  Best known for being Mrs Tom Cruise, actress Katie Holmes, 29, first garnered fame as Joey in the hit television show Dawson's Creek.  —  Her big-screen credits include Batman Begins …
Liz McNeil / People.com:
Jennifer Lopez Is ‘Very Happy and Blissful’  —  Just days after giving birth to twins, Jennifer Lopez “sounds very peaceful and happy and blissful,” says her longtime friend, producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas.  “She said, 'I can't take my eyes off of them.' ”
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
New York Post:
KATE & JUSTIN  —  JUST because Kate Hudson hasn't been snapped by the paparazzi with a man by her side recently, it doesn't mean she's alone.  Our source says Hudson has been secretly seeing Justin Timberlake for the past year.  “Kate is very private and refuses to be seen with him in public,” an insider said.
New York Post:
NOW THAT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU SICK  —  THE groupies who slept with Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx during their hell-raising Motley Crue years may want to have themselves dry-cleaned after reading “Rock Star Babylon.”  In his compilation of outrageous rock ‘n’ roll stories, out in June, Jon...
NY Daily News:
Christina Aguilera has baby rage  —  Baby mama drama!  —  Spinning the media on a celebrity's stint in rehab used to be a publicist's biggest headache.  But now the folks who manage the images of the stars are witnessing the birth of a new nightmare that we'll call postpartum panic.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Brooke Hogan's Bikini Boobs Take Flight  —  I'm not sure exactly what Brooke Hogan is trying to prove in these bikini pictures, but I think it's either A) She can fly, 2) Her breasts are real, 3) She is not actually a man.  Sadly, on all 3 counts, she fails.
Discussion: OH NO!!
Hellomagazine.com:
Neck-and-neck finish sees Viggo triumph in our Oscar poll  —  In the end, there was just a mere ten votes in it, which means Sunday night's best actor gong could be a tightly-run contest, after hellomagazine.com readers voted Viggo Mortensen the person most likely to take home the Oscar.
Discussion: omg!
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New York Times:
‘No Country for Old Men’ Wins Oscar Tug of War
Discussion: Gawker and Towleroad
 
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